Wendy Artin

2026

22 2/5” x 15 1/3”

Watercolor

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“I was startled by the resemblance of this frieze to the series of ranunculus that I had been painting every day for 6 months, after finding myself mesmerized by their yellow-orange glow at my mother's table. These flowers are enchanting, the subtle variations of colors as each of the little petals captures the light in a different way, from the cooler outer edges to the vivid masses of petal and then to the center of the flowers, trying to make the soft and crisp edges of watercolor create an illusion that is like gazing at the flowers. The compositions are a combination of direct observation and of borrowing left and right, shaping the meandering stems and curly leaves, at times with the ranunculus standing as if in a vase or a garden, at times swirling freely in space of the paper.”